Today marks the year since I took my long overdued CCNA for Routing and Switching and I will say a lot has changed since then. For one, I think I have started this addiction of going for certifications or this craving to learn more. Jeremy Cioara of CBTnuggets was right when he said, the more … Continue reading What’s been happening →

This blog has nothing to do with technology, just whining stuff. Yesterday I did post something about my vmware lab. I was so excited to set everything up only to find out I am having issues with ESXi. I currently have 4 nics + 1 on-board nic on my server. Of all the nics, only … Continue reading Random stuff →

It is hard to do labs when you are on a budget. Let me share with you guys my current set-up for my VMware lab as I study for my VCP-NV. Dell Precision T3500 running Windows 7, 12G ram, 2T hard drive 2 2950 Cisco switches 4 Gb NIC cards vmware workstation 10 vmware vshere … Continue reading my vmware lab on a budget →

here is a quick and dirty config to log failed and successful attempts on your router...configuration terminal enable secret cisco username cisco secret password line vty 0 4 login localexitlogging 192.168.10.51 logging trap notification login on-success log loging on-failure loglogging block-for 120 attempts 2 within 60 !----router will create an acl to block a failed … Continue reading Log failed Log to Syslog →

Don't you just love it when you have a student/network engineers who start whining like an 8 year old kid just because Cisco Configuration Professional(CCP) isn't working? Yes CCP is crap and it has issues with Internet Explorer besides as future Network Engineers I doubt if you'll use CCP in the field. But anyway here are … Continue reading CCP Issues →

VMware Certified Associate in Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV) what a mouthful to say for a name of a vendor cert and probably the last one for me as far as vendor cert's concern. Yes you read it right, I just took my VCA exam actually an hour ago and passed (barely). I figured since I do … Continue reading VCA-DCV →

For you guys who've been following, this blog site started last year as a way for me to share everything my thoughts, experiences, learnings or anything basically as I go through my Cisco Certification. My blog started with the title "Road to CCNA" which changed to "Road to CCNP R&S". More than a week ago,I have … Continue reading Preparing for VMware Certification →

Yeah, tomorrow I will be celebrating my first week since I finally became CCNP. I know I sound cheezy but I don't care, I am a Cisco Certified Network Professional. The reason I wrote this blog is because I've always make it a habit to share with you guys the materials, gear or whatever I used … Continue reading What now? How I did CCNP Tshoot →